United States Interstate Highway System construction (1956–1992)

1. Federal-Aid Highway Act launches Interstate program

   Jun 29, 1956Labels: Federal-Aid Highway, Dwight D

   • National Archives
   • FHWA History

2. Highway Trust Fund created for pay-as-you-go building

   Jun 29, 1956Labels: Highway Trust, Highway Revenue

   • FHWA By Day
   • FHWA Policy

3. First paving under 1956 Act opens in Kansas

   Nov 14, 1956Labels: US 40, Topeka

   • FHWA Build
   • FHWA Decade

4. Interstate design standards agreed by AASHO and BPR

   Jul 17, 1957Labels: AASHO, Bureau of

   • FHWA Decade

5. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961 stabilizes Interstate financing

   Jun 29, 1961Labels: Federal-Aid Highway, John F

   • FHWA By Day
   • FHWA Decade

6. Department of Transportation Act sets stronger environmental guardrails

   Oct 15, 1966Labels: Department of, Section 4

   • FHWA 4 f
   • Smithsonian

7. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 expands system and adds relocation aid

   Aug 23, 1968Labels: Federal-Aid Highway, relocation aid

   • FHWA Guide
   • N C Law

8. Urban “freeway revolts” reshape or cancel planned Interstate segments

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Freeway revolts, Urban opposition

   • National Archives
   • Interstate System

9. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 extends completion timeline and shifts priorities

   Aug 13, 1973Labels: Federal-Aid Highway, Congress

   • FHWA Trust
   • Wikipedia

10. 1976 law starts “gap closing” and major rehabilitation funding

    May 5, 1976Labels: 1976 highway, Gap closing

    • FHWA Guide

11. 1982 act boosts revenue and creates Trust Fund Mass Transit Account

    Jan 6, 1983Labels: Surface Transportation, Mass Transit

    • FHWA Reagan
    • FHWA Policy

12. Interstate system renamed for Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Oct 15, 1990Labels: Eisenhower System, Congressional redesignation

    • Congress gov
    • FHWA Name

13. ISTEA shifts federal policy to the “post-Interstate era”

    Dec 18, 1991Labels: ISTEA, George H

    • Bush Papers
    • Federalism

14. Glenwood Canyon segment opens; original Interstate construction proclaimed complete

    Oct 14, 1992Labels: I-70 Glenwood, Interstate completion

    • CDOT History
    • Interstate System